Honda Civic AC blows warm at stops? How to test and diagnose cooling fan 

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I use 5420 now, my red one broke, this one I’m loving, I love the swivel

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If this video does well I’ll do one on the Element

@@dannysdiygarage that would be awesome ! I’m going down a rabbit hole watching a bunch of your other Element videos rn. (Realized I watched your DIY camper bed video when I first got my element a few years ago lol) My Element unfortunately has a slew of issues that honestly seem never ending. To name just a few: The car shakes violently whenever I drive, the AC blows out warm air or sometimes doesn’t work at all, the driver side door cylinder lock is stuck in a diagonal position and I can’t enter in my car through that side (I’ve gotten it repaired once and it happened again), the car is extremely loud in general to the point where I can barely hear the radio even on full blast, and the list goes on. I’ve been watching a lot of videos on RU-vid recently to try to understand the car better and hopefully be able to start fixing some of these problems myself. So videos like yours really help a lot !

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@@dannysdiygarage absolutely! I definitely will. Already subscribed 😊 also, if you ever need a car with issues you’d like to cover for any future videos, I’ll gladly volunteer my Element 😂 I promise you’ll have no shortage of content you can create with my Honda hahaha

That’s an option, I’m definitely running out of things to cover, I’m guessing you don’t live anywhere near Southern California

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I m not sure I understand the question

@@dannysdiygarage .the question . My temperature indicator is not rising but the water is boiling. When I checked the fan, I found that it only worked with the air conditioner on. To date, I have not found a solution to the problem. Is the temperature sensor damaged? Is there a problem with the behavior?

Did you watch this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FGfn6LIgbxA.htmlsi=NmxVYU6pFWgvvxnN

Probably not until I need to do one, but my car is high mileage so maybe soon

@@dannysdiygarage Thanks for the response ❤️

I have a video on brake lamp switch which is what you should check, might be out of adjustment, the video is on the Honda Element, but its the same procedure for the Civic

@@dannysdiygarage thanks I installed on the pedal a plastic thing that cost $9 here because it was broken. That fixed the stop lights on problem. With your other videos I found out that the compressor clutch is not engaging, not moving at all. Then I followed your video and isn’t blinking any errors.but the AC stopped blowing air from the front and Now the air only goes to the windshield ♨️ I’m gonna keep trying 💁🏻‍♀️ 🛠️ and buy some relays tomorrow and getting some freon

Let me know the results if this happens

I would also check for proper amount of Freon in the system, unfortunately this may need to be accomplished by removing all the the freon and pulling the moisture out of the system, this will most likely need to be done by a shop with an AC machine.

@@dannysdiygarage I just bought a vacuum pump … the same one & brand like ( Chris Fix ) from harbor freight 2.5 cfm…. but before pulling the moisture out , I’m thinking 🤔 I should try 1st replacing the condenser fan relay since it’s only $10 at Autozone . The reason for is because I’m also thinking that the relay is probably wearing out internally & since these days it’s been 100’ ☀️ 🥵 it could be that it’s sticking because of the extreme heat . If persay if nothing changes & I still experience the same warm air coming out from vents during stop lights or frwy stop & go traffic , then I’ll go ahead and pull vacuum to re-charge proper Freon . What do you think 🤔

@@moisesguajardo5776 these relay can fail intermittently, meaning sometimes they will work and other times they won't, agree $10 bucks is worth a shot.

Did the video help you diagnose this

I have more videos on ac problems on my page, I suggest watching them and see if anything applies, sorry I can’t guess, I don’t want to send you down the wrong path

To many things can cause this, but make sure there is no fuel leaking, sounds scary, sorry I have no guess

What was the update. Both my fans are not working. How did you get it fixed?

You need to replace the fan motor, from what you’ve explained

@@dannysdiygarage do they both have the same motor? I agree with the logic but it’s interesting that both motors just stopped working all of a sudden isn’t it?

⁠I’m not sure if they both have the same motor, one is the radiator fan and the other is the condenser fan, one fan could have stopped working years ago, but you didn’t notice it because the other fan was working

@@dannysdiygarage I see. My car overheats while idling. I’m at 200k miles so I might just let it be until the car dies. I’m done getting scammed for $1k going to mechanics lol

they should both come on , not at normal operating temperature, but if the temperature gets above 212° then it should come on, if it doesn't, there's fan switches that control this, I have a video on this coming out soon. please subscribe so you don't miss it

Thanks a lot

Check battery cables and engine grounds and power connections,

Age, build quality, vibration over the years,I think they just wear out like anything else

​@@dannysdiygarage Age?! i think evaporator made from aluminum it should last forever

@@khaled-dp6dt yes I agree, I wish they would last forever, power unfortunately I've seen many leak, also condensers leak and correct me if i'm wrong but aluminum also

Low on Freon most likely

Gotta agree with you ❤